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Las Vegas Welcome Sign Designer dies at 91

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Betty Willis the designer famous for having designed the neon ‘Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas’ passed away. The news was announced on Facebook in a post by the official account of the Neon Museum.The...

2014 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura

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The Physics Nobel Prize 2014 goes to  Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura. These scientists developed the blue light-emitting diede (LED) twenty years ago. Isamu Akasaki,...

Samsung initiates it’s Bluetooth-only Smart Bulb!

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LG has been successful in launching an LED bulb and now Samsung is on its way to create a prototype of an LED Bulb. The bulb will be called “Smart Bulb” and will retain a Bluetooth only technology,...

Points connected sign can show any place you need to go, what’s up online (video)

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Points connected sign shows you where to go and what's up

Most street signs aren't especially street-savvy when they can't change with the passing weeks, let alone the moment. Breakfast NY's new Points sign is much, much smarter. As long as it has an Ethernet or WiFi connection, it can spin its arrows toward locations on demand or as they become relevant, whether it's the local bar at night or a concert stage in the afternoon. The signage is also aware of what's happening, not just where: Points can tap into Foursquare, RSS feeds, Twitter and other sources to display trending hotspots, sports scores and other live updates. The curious can experiment with internet-connected demo signs today; Breakfast NY is taking rental requests now, with expectations that Points signs can deploy from July 1st onwards. As for pricing? You'll have to get a quote. While the company tells us that a days-long rental will likely involve a lower five-digit sum, it expects each order to be at least somewhat unique.

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Student’s push to make Raleigh more walkable relies on homemade signs and QR codes

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Guerilla urbanism campaign walks the walk in Raleigh with QR code signs
Walking is apparently underrated. So University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student Matt Tomasulo decided to engage in some "guerilla urbanism" in January with fellow fans of bipedal activity, posting 27 signs at three Raleigh, NC intersections as part of the "Walk Raleigh" project. The cardboard and vinyl signs contained snippets about how many minutes it would take to walk to must-see destinations like Raleigh City Cemetery, as well as QR codes for downloading directions. Like the activity it promotes, Tomasulo says the idea behind the project is simple: It's OK to walk. Apparently, Tomasulo and his buddies did such a great job with the signs that it took the sharp folks at the city government a month to catch on and take the stuff down. The city has since walked back its opposition to the signs, however, and put them back up as part of a 90-day pilot project. In the meantime, Walk Raleigh has turned into a Walk [Your City] Kickstarter campaign to put your wallet where your feet are.

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